When a team enters a specific season with clear postseason aspirations and barely finishes with a .500 record, lots of things surely went sideways along the way. Injuries, depth issues, trades, and prolonged slumps are some of them. For the 2023 Yankees, the fact that so many hitters underperformed really took a toll on the offense.
Now, when trying to discuss the team’s least valuable player in 2023, a few names are worthy of consideration. Luis Severino and Carlos Rodón both posted an ERA over 6.00 (6.65 and 6.85, respectively), but both were injured for much of the year and neither surpassed 100 innings.